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Bergeriaeschnidia inexpectata

Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae

Taxonomy
Bergeriaeschnidia inexpectata was named by Nel et al. (1996). Its type specimen is Berger Museum no. 6, an exoskeleton (Complete specimen missing apex of right wings), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Museum Bergér collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Bergeriaeschnidia.

It was synonymized objectively with Bergeriaeschnidia abscissa by Bechly (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Bergeriaeschnidia inexpectata Nel et al. p. 176 figs. 1-2
2003Bergeriaeschnidia inexpectata Fleck and Nel pp. 53-54 fig. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
—Euhydropalaeoptera
—OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
RankNameAuthor
—Palaeodonatoptera
—Plesiodonatoptera
—Apodonatoptera
—Paneodonatoptera
—Neodonatoptera
—Euodonatoptera
—OdonatocladaBechly 1999
—Nodialata
—Discoidalia
—Stigmoptera
—Lobodonata
—Panodonata
orderOdonata
—Epiproctophora
—EuepiproctophoraBechly 1998
—Anisopteromorpha
—Trigonoptera
—Pananisoptera
—NeoanisopteraBechly 1998
familyAeschnidiidae
genusBergeriaeschnidia
speciesinexpectata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Bergeriaeschnidia inexpectata Nel et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Form: roller-shapedo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: insectivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Dispersal: watero
Created: 2011-03-07 03:41:10
Modified: 2011-03-06 10:41:10
Source: o = order
Reference: Ren and Guo 1996

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Bergeriaeschnidia inexpectata (122730 type locality: 139550)